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US11083000B2 US16/346,359 US201716346359A US11083000B2 US 11083000 B2 US11083000 B2 US 11083000B2 US 201716346359 A US201716346359 A US 201716346359A US 11083000 B2 US11083000 B2 US 11083000B2
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  • the present disclosure relates to a user equipment for being scheduled with uplink radio resources and to a method for operating the user equipment.
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • High-Speed Downlink Packet Access HSDPA
  • HSUPA High Speed Uplink Packet Access
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • LTE Long-Term Evolution
  • UTRA Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access
  • UTRAN evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
  • LTE Rel. 8 The LTE system represents efficient packet-based radio access and radio access networks that provide full IP-based functionalities with low latency and low cost.
  • scalable multiple transmission bandwidths are specified such as 1.4, 3.0, 5.0, 10.0, 15.0, and 20.0 MHz, in order to achieve flexible system deployment using a given spectrum.
  • Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing OFDM-based radio access was adopted because of its inherent immunity to multipath interference (MPI) due to a low symbol rate, the use of a cyclic prefix (CP) and its affinity to different transmission bandwidth arrangements.
  • MPI multipath interference
  • CP cyclic prefix
  • SC-FDMA Single-carrier frequency division multiple access
  • UE user equipment
  • Many key packet radio access techniques are employed including multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel transmission techniques and a highly efficient control signaling structure is achieved in LTE Rel. 8/9.
  • the E-UTRAN consists of an eNodeB, providing the E-UTRA user plane (PDCP/RLC/MAC/PHY) and control plane (RRC) protocol terminations towards the user equipment (UE).
  • the eNodeB hosts the Physical (PHY), Medium Access Control (MAC), Radio Link Control (RLC) and Packet Data Control Protocol (PDCP) layers that include the functionality of user-plane header compression and encryption. It also offers Radio Resource Control (RRC) functionality corresponding to the control plane.
  • RRC Radio Resource Control
  • the eNodeBs are also connected by means of the S1 interface to the EPC (Evolved Packet Core), more specifically to the MME (Mobility Management Entity) by means of the S1-MME and to the Serving Gateway (SGW) by means of the S1-U.
  • EPC Evolved Packet Core
  • MME Mobility Management Entity
  • SGW Serving Gateway
  • the S1 interface supports a many-to-many relation between MMEs/Serving Gateways and eNodeBs.
  • the SGW routes and forwards user data packets, while also acting as the mobility anchor for the user plane during inter-eNodeB handovers and as the anchor for mobility between LTE and other 3GPP technologies (terminating S4 interface and relaying the traffic between 2G/3G systems and PDN GW).
  • the SGW terminates the downlink data path and triggers paging when downlink data arrives for the user equipment. It manages and stores user equipment contexts, e.g., parameters of the IP bearer service, or network internal routing information. It also performs replication of the user traffic in case of lawful interception.
  • user equipment contexts e.g., parameters of the IP bearer service, or network internal routing information. It also performs replication of the user traffic in case of lawful interception.
  • the MME is the termination point in the network for ciphering/integrity protection for NAS signaling and handles the security key management. Lawful interception of signaling is also supported by the MME.
  • the MME also provides the control plane function for mobility between LTE and 2G/3G access networks with the S3 interface terminating at the MME from the SGSN.
  • the MME also terminates the S6a interface towards the home HSS for roaming user equipments.
  • the downlink component carrier of a 3GPP LTE system is subdivided in the time-frequency domain in so-called subframes.
  • each subframe is divided into two downlink slots as shown in FIG. 2 , wherein the first downlink slot comprises the control channel region (PDCCH region) within the first OFDM symbols.
  • Each subframe consists of a give number of OFDM symbols in the time domain (12 or 14 OFDM symbols in 3GPP LTE (Release 8)), wherein each OFDM symbol spans over the entire bandwidth of the component carrier.
  • the OFDM symbols thus each consist of a number of modulation symbols transmitted on respective subcarriers.
  • a physical resource block is defined as consecutive OFDM symbols in the time domain (e.g., 7 OFDM symbols) and consecutive subcarriers in the frequency domain as exemplified in FIG. 2 (e.g., 12 subcarriers for a component carrier).
  • the frequency spectrum for IMT-Advanced was decided at the World Radio communication Conference 2007 (WRC-07). Although the overall frequency spectrum for IMT-Advanced was decided, the actual available frequency bandwidth is different according to each region or country. Following the decision on the available frequency spectrum outline, however, standardization of a radio interface started in the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
  • 3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
  • a user equipment may simultaneously receive or transmit on one or multiple component carriers (corresponding to multiple serving cells) depending on its capabilities.
  • An LTE-A Rel. 10 user equipment with reception and/or transmission capabilities for carrier aggregation can simultaneously receive and/or transmit on multiple serving cells, whereas an LTE Rel. 8/9 user equipment can receive and transmit on a single serving cell only, provided that the structure of the component carrier follows the Rel. 8/9 specifications.
  • Carrier aggregation is supported for both contiguous and non-contiguous component carriers with each component carrier limited to a maximum of 110 Resource Blocks in the frequency domain (using the 3GPP LTE (Release 8/9) numerology).
  • a 3GPP LTE-A (Release 10)-compatible user equipment to aggregate a different number of component carriers originating from the same eNodeB (base station) and of possibly different bandwidths in the uplink and the downlink.
  • the number of downlink component carriers that can be configured depends on the downlink aggregation capability of the UE.
  • the number of uplink component carriers that can be configured depends on the uplink aggregation capability of the UE. It may currently not be possible to configure a mobile terminal with more uplink component carriers than downlink component carriers. In a typical TDD deployment the number of component carriers and the bandwidth of each component carrier in uplink and downlink is the same. Component carriers originating from the same eNodeB need not provide the same coverage.
  • the spacing between center frequencies of contiguously aggregated component carriers shall be a multiple of 300 kHz. This is in order to be compatible with the 100 kHz frequency raster of 3GPP LTE (Release 8/9) and at the same time to preserve orthogonality of the subcarriers with 15 kHz spacing. Depending on the aggregation scenario, then ⁇ 300 kHz spacing can be facilitated by insertion of a low number of unused subcarriers between contiguous component carriers.
  • the mobile terminal When carrier aggregation is configured, the mobile terminal only has one RRC connection with the network.
  • one cell At RRC connection establishment/re-establishment, one cell provides the security input (one ECGI, one PCI and one ARFCN) and the non-access stratum mobility information (e.g., TAI) similarly as in LTE Rel. 8/9.
  • the component carrier corresponding to that cell is referred to as the downlink Primary Cell (PCell).
  • PCell downlink Primary Cell
  • DL PCell downlink PCell
  • UL PCell uplink PCell
  • SCells Secondary Cells
  • carriers of the SCell being the Downlink Secondary Component Carrier (DL SCC) and Uplink Secondary Component Carrier (UL SCC).
  • DL SCC Downlink Secondary Component Carrier
  • UL SCC Uplink Secondary Component Carrier
  • RRC The configuration and reconfiguration, as well as addition and removal, of component carriers can be performed by RRC. Activation and deactivation is done, e.g., via MAC control elements.
  • RRC can also add, remove, or reconfigure SCells for usage in the target cell.
  • dedicated RRC signaling is used for sending the system information of the SCell, the information being necessary for transmission/reception (similarly as in Rel-8/9 for handover).
  • Each SCell is configured with a serving cell index, when the SCell is added to one UE; PCell has always the serving cell index 0.
  • a linking, established by RRC signaling, between uplink and downlink component carriers allows identifying the uplink component carrier for which the grant applies when there is no cross-carrier scheduling.
  • the linkage of downlink component carriers to uplink component carrier does not necessarily need to be one to one. In other words, more than one downlink component carrier can link to the same uplink component carrier. At the same time, a downlink component carrier can only link to one uplink component carrier.
  • a MAC function in the eNodeB refers to scheduling, by which the eNB distributes the available radio resources in one cell among the UEs and among the radio bearers for each UE.
  • the eNodeB allocates the downlink and uplink resources to each UE based on respectively the downlink data buffered in the eNodeB and based on buffer status reports (BSRs) received from the UE.
  • BSRs buffer status reports
  • the eNodeB considers the QoS requirements of each configured radio bearer and selects the size of the MAC PDU.
  • the usual mode of scheduling is dynamic scheduling, by means of downlink grant/assignment messages (DCIs) for the allocation of downlink transmission resources and uplink grant/assignment messages for the allocation of uplink transmission resources. They are transmitted on the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) using a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) to identify the intended UE.
  • DCIs downlink grant/assignment messages
  • C-RNTI cell radio network temporary identifier
  • persistent scheduling is defined, which enables radio resources to be semi-statically configured and allocated to a UE for a longer time period than one subframe, thus avoiding the need for specific downlink assignment messages or uplink grant messages over the PDCCH for each subframe.
  • RRC signaling indicates the resource allocation interval at which the radio resources are periodically assigned.
  • the PDCCH When the PDCCH is used to configure or reconfigure a persistent schedule, it is necessary to distinguish the scheduling messages which apply to a persistent schedule from those used for dynamic scheduling.
  • a special scheduling identity is used, known as the semi-persistent scheduling C-RNTI, SPS-C-RNTI, which for each UE is different from the C-RNTI used for dynamic scheduling messages.
  • L1/L2 control signaling is transmitted on the downlink along with the data.
  • L1/L2 control signaling is multiplexed with the downlink data in a subframe, assuming that the user allocation can change from subframe to subframe.
  • user allocation might also be performed on a TTI (Transmission Time Interval) basis, where the TTI length can be a multiple of the subframes.
  • TTI length may be fixed in a service area for all users, may be different for different users, or may even by dynamic for each user.
  • the L1/2 control signaling needs only be transmitted once per TTI. Without loss of generality, the following assumes that a TTI is equivalent to one subframe.
  • the L1/L2 control signaling is transmitted on the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH).
  • PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
  • a PDCCH carries a message as a Downlink Control Information (DCI), which in most cases includes resource assignments and other control information for a mobile terminal or groups of UEs.
  • DCI Downlink Control Information
  • several PDCCHs can be transmitted in one subframe.
  • Downlink control information occurs in several formats that differ in overall size and also in the information contained in their fields.
  • the different DCI formats that are currently defined for LTE are described in detail in 3GPP TS 36.212, “Multiplexing and channel coding”, section 5.3.3.1 (current version v12.6.0 available at http://www.3gpp.org and incorporated herein by reference).
  • For detailed information regarding the DCI formats and the particular information that is transmitted in the DCI please refer to the mentioned technical standard or to LTE—The UMTS Long Term Evolution—From Theory to Practice, Edited by Stefanie Sesia, Issam Toufik, Matthew Baker, Chapter 9.3, incorporated herein by reference. Additional formats may be defined in the future.
  • L1/L2 control signaling is transmitted on the downlink along with the data.
  • L1/L2 control signaling is multiplexed with the downlink data in a subframe, assuming that the user allocation can change from subframe to subframe.
  • user allocation might also be performed on a TTI (Transmission Time Interval) basis, where the TTI length can be a multiple of the subframes.
  • TTI length may be fixed in a service area for all users, may be different for different users, or may even by dynamic for each user.
  • the L1/2 control signaling needs only be transmitted once per TTI. Without loss of generality, the following assumes that a TTI is equivalent to one subframe.
  • the L1/L2 control signaling is transmitted on the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH).
  • PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
  • a PDCCH carries a message as a Downlink Control Information (DCI), which in most cases includes resource assignments and other control information for a mobile terminal or groups of UEs.
  • DCI Downlink Control Information
  • several PDCCHs can be transmitted in one subframe.
  • 3GPP Release 11 introduced an EPDCCH that fulfills basically the same function as the PDCCH, i.e., conveys L1/L2 control signaling, even though the detailed transmission methods are different from the PDCCH. Further details can be found in the current versions of 3GPP TS 36.211 and 36.213, incorporated herein by reference. Consequently, most items outlined in the background and the embodiments apply to PDCCH as well as EPDCCH, or other means of conveying L1/L2 control signals, unless specifically noted.
  • the information sent in the L1/L2 control signaling for assigning uplink or downlink radio resources can be categorized to the following items:
  • Downlink control information occurs in several formats that differ in overall size and also in the information contained in their fields as mentioned above.
  • some DCI formats are listed as currently defined for LTE. More detailed information is provided in the 3GPP technical standard TS 36.212 v14.0.0, particularly in section 5.3.3.1 “DCI formats”, incorporated herein by reference.
  • LAA Licensed-Assisted Access
  • Enhanced Licensed Assisted Access is enhancement to LAA, particularly exploiting the unlicensed spectrum in the uplink as well. Efficient use of unlicensed spectrum as a complement to licensed spectrum has the potential to bring great value to service providers, and, ultimately, to the wireless industry as a whole. To leverage the full benefits of LTE operation in unlicensed spectrum, it is of outmost importance to define a complete UL access scheme in addition to the already defined DL access scheme.
  • CA Rel-12 carrier aggregation
  • the CA framework configuration as explained before comprises a so-called primary cell (PCell) carrier and one or more secondary cell (SCell) carriers.
  • PCell primary cell
  • SCell secondary cell
  • FIG. 4 A very basic scenario is illustrated in FIG. 4 , with a licensed PCell, licensed SCell 1 , and various unlicensed SCells 2 , 3 , and 4 (exemplarily depicted as small cells).
  • the transmission/reception network nodes of unlicensed SCells 2 , 3 , and 4 could be remote radio heads managed by the eNB or could be nodes that are attached to the network but not managed by the eNB. For simplicity, the connection of these nodes to the eNB or to the network is not explicitly shown in the figure.
  • the basic approach envisioned at 3GPP is that the PCell will be operated on a licensed band while one or more SCells will be operated on unlicensed bands.
  • One benefit of this strategy is that the PCell can be used for reliable transmission of control messages and user data with high quality of service (QoS) demands, such as for example voice and video, while an SCell on unlicensed spectrum might yield, depending on the scenario, to some extent significant QoS reduction due to inevitable coexistence with other RATs.
  • QoS quality of service
  • LAA procedures comprise Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS), Transmit Power Control (TPC), Listen Before Talk (LBT) and discontinuous transmission with limited maximum transmission duration.
  • DFS Dynamic Frequency Selection
  • TPC Transmit Power Control
  • LBT Listen Before Talk
  • discontinuous transmission with limited maximum transmission duration Depending on region and band, regulatory requirements that have to be taken into account when designing LAA procedures comprise Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS), Transmit Power Control (TPC), Listen Before Talk (LBT) and discontinuous transmission with limited maximum transmission duration.
  • DFS Dynamic Frequency Selection
  • TPC Transmit Power Control
  • LBT Listen Before Talk
  • discontinuous transmission with limited maximum transmission duration discontinuous transmission with limited maximum transmission duration.
  • 3GPP is to target a single global framework for LAA which basically means that all requirements for different regions and bands at 5 GHz have to be taken into account for the system design.
  • the Nominal Channel Bandwidth is the widest band of frequencies, inclusive of guard bands, assigned to a single channel.
  • the Occupied Channel Bandwidth is the bandwidth containing 99% of the power of the signal. A device is permitted to operate in one or more adjacent or non-adjacent channels simultaneously.
  • the listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure is defined as a mechanism by which an equipment applies a clear channel assessment (CCA) check before using the channel.
  • the CCA utilizes at least energy detection to determine the presence or absence of other signals on a channel in order to determine if a channel is occupied or clear, respectively.
  • European and Japanese regulations at the moment mandate the usage of LBT in the unlicensed bands.
  • carrier sensing via LBT is one way for fair sharing of the unlicensed spectrum and hence it is considered to be a vital feature for fair and friendly operation in the unlicensed spectrum in a single global solution framework.
  • DFS is required for certain regions and bands in order to detect interference from radar systems and to avoid co-channel operation with these systems.
  • the intention is furthermore to achieve a near-uniform loading of the spectrum.
  • the DFS operation and corresponding requirements are associated with a master-slave principle.
  • the master shall detect radar interference, can however rely on another device, associated with the master, to implement radar detection.
  • the operation on unlicensed bands at 5-GHz is in most regions limited to rather low transmit power levels compared to the operation on licensed bands which results in small coverage areas. Even if the licensed and unlicensed carriers were to be transmitted with identical power, usually the unlicensed carrier in the 5 GHz band would be expected to support a smaller coverage area than a licensed cell in the 2 GHz band due to increased path loss and shadowing effects for the signal. A further requirement for certain regions and bands is the use of TPC in order to reduce the average level of interference caused for other devices operating on the same unlicensed band.
  • CCA clear channel Assessment
  • the channel is considered occupied if the detected energy level exceeds a configured CCA threshold (e.g., for Europe, ⁇ 73 dBm/MHz, see ETSI 301 893, under clause 4.8.3), and conversely is considered to be free if the detected power level is below the configured CCA threshold. If the channel is determined as being occupied, it shall not transmit on that channel during the next Fixed Frame Period. If the channel is classified as free, the equipment is allowed to transmit immediately. The maximum transmit duration is restricted in order to facilitate fair resource sharing with other devices operating on the same band.
  • a configured CCA threshold e.g., for Europe, ⁇ 73 dBm/MHz, see ETSI 301 893, under clause 4.8.
  • the energy detection for the CCA is performed over the whole channel bandwidth (e.g., 20 MHz in unlicensed bands at 5 GHz), which means that the reception power levels of all subcarriers of an LTE OFDM symbol within that channel contribute to the evaluated energy level at the device that performed the CCA.
  • the ECCA comprises an additional CCA observation time for the duration of a random factor N multiplied by a CCA observation time slot.
  • N defines the number of clear idle slots resulting in a total idle period that has to be observed before initiating a transmission.
  • the Channel Occupancy Time (see ETSI 301 893, under clause 4.8.3.1).
  • the Channel Occupancy Time shall be in the range of 1 ms to 10 ms, where the maximum Channel Occupancy Time could be, e.g., 4 ms as currently defined for Europe.
  • the UE can perform a new CCA, and so on.
  • This transmission behavior is schematically illustrated in FIG. 5 , the figure being taken from ETSI EN 301 893 (there FIG. 2 : “Example of timing for Frame Based Equipment”).
  • FIG. 6 illustrates the timing between a Wi-Fi transmission and LAA UE transmissions on a particular frequency band (unlicensed cell).
  • a CCA gap is at least necessary before the eNB “reserves” the unlicensed cell by, e.g., transmitting a reservation signal until the next subframe boundary. Then, the actual LAA DL burst is started. This would similarly apply to an LTE UE which after successfully performing the CCA, would reserve the subframe by transmitting the reservation signal so as to then start the actual LAA UL burst.
  • DCI Formats 0A, 0B, 4A, and 4B are provided for eLAA so as to support uplink transmissions (PUSCH) for single subframe and multiple subframe grants and respectively single and multiple antenna ports.
  • PUSCH uplink transmissions
  • any of these DCI formats can be either a single-stage grant or be part of a two-stage grant.
  • this is reflected by the “PUSCH trigger A”-field, which is a 1-bit field differentiating whether the received Uplink grant is for “a non-triggered scheduling”, when the bit value is 0 (i.e., single-stage uplink grant) or is for “triggered scheduling”, when the bit value is 1 (i.e., two-stage uplink grant).
  • the eNB which is the responsible radio network entity for the scheduling of radio resources to the UE.
  • the two-stage uplink scheduling procedure requires two separate messages (“Trigger A” and “Trigger B”) to be received in a specific manner by the UE so as to schedule one uplink transmission.
  • the trigger-A-message can be any of the above-noted uplink grants (i.e., DCI Formats 0A, 0B, 4A, or 4B).
  • the four DCI Formats include the following data fields, as presently defined in the technical standard TS 36.212 v14.0.0:
  • the available DCI Formats for the trigger-A message also include the usual data fields for indicating the radio resources that are scheduled for an uplink transmission, such as the “Resource block assignment” field, the “modulation and coding scheme” field, “HARQ process number” field, etc.
  • the DCI formats 0A, 0B, 4A, 4B can be scrambled with a UE specific identity (such as the C-RNTI), such that the corresponding uplink grants are addressed to a specific UE.
  • the trigger-B-message has the DCI Format 1C as currently defined in TS 36.212 v14.0.0, section 5.3.3.1.4, incorporated herein by reference.
  • the DCI Format 1C as currently defined in the technical standard for use within the scope of unlicensed carrier transmissions, including a two-stage grant procedure, is as follows:
  • the trigger B message when being used as described above as part of the two-stage grant procedure, is usually not addressed to a specific UE but rather a shared identity (in this case the CC-RNTI; Common Control RNTI, which is an RNTI to be used in the context of providing common control PDCCH information; see 3GPP TS 36.321 v14.0.0, incorporated herein by reference) can be used by the eNB to scramble the DCI Format 1C, particularly the CRC thereof.
  • section 8 of TS 36.213 defines in great detail for an LAA SCell when and how an uplink transmission (i.e., PUSCH) is to be performed:
  • the current 3GPP technical standards thus define in great detail how a two-stage grant procedure is to be performed. It should be however noted that the above provided definition of two-stage grant procedures as currently standardized is subject to a continuous change and improvement and thus may change in the future. Consequently, the above cited implementation of the two-stage grant procedure according to the current 3GPP technical standards is to be merely considered as an implementation example, where many details are of less importance to the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates the functioning of a two-stage grant including the transmission and reception of DCIs including trigger A and trigger B messages.
  • the illustrated subframes are numbered by taking the subframe at which the trigger B (i.e., the second stage uplink scheduling message) is received in the UE, as reference subframe n; the preceding and subsequent subframes are numbered accordingly.
  • the trigger A message is received at subframe n ⁇ 3, and that a time window of length v is defined within which the two-stage grant procedure can be validly performed.
  • the time window can be seen as defining the time period during which a trigger B message can be received so as to actually trigger a corresponding uplink transmission, based on the transmission parameters indicated by the trigger A and/or trigger B messages.
  • the time window length v can exemplarily be indicated within the trigger A message, as exemplified above by the last 2 bits of the timing offset field of the DCI Formats 0A, 0B, 4A, 4B in TS 36.212 and Table 8.2.f of TS 36.213.
  • the UE When the trigger B message is received at subframe n, the UE will determine whether a related trigger A message was received by the UE within the time window of length v (starting immediately before the reception of the trigger B message, i.e., ranging from n ⁇ 1 to n-v). In the illustrated scenario, the trigger A scheduling message was received in subframe n ⁇ 3 and thus within the time window, thereby triggering the uplink transmission in the UE.
  • the uplink transmission i.e., PUSCH
  • the uplink transmission is then performed with a particular transmission timing offset at subframe n+offset.
  • the UE may perform the uplink transmission according to the information received in the trigger A message and trigger B message, e.g., using the indicated radio resources and modulation and coding scheme, etc.
  • the PUSCH timing offset is “l+k+i”, where the parameter l is defined by the trigger B message (see “Uplink transmission duration and offset indication” field of DCI Format 1C in TS 36.212 and Table 13A-2 of TS 36.213), where the parameter k is defined by the trigger a message (see the first 2 bits of the “Timing offset” field of any of the DCI Formats 0A, 0B, 4A, and 4B in TS 36.212, as well as Table 8.2e in TS 36.213).
  • Parameter i is applicable in case that multiple uplink subframes are scheduled by a two-stage uplink scheduling procedure, and in that case is running from 0 to the number of granted subframes minus 1 (otherwise it is just 0). More details can be derived from the above cited section 8 of TS 36.213. However, the PUSCH timing offset for performing the uplink transmission according to this two-stage uplink scheduling procedure may also be defined differently or may be even predetermined.
  • 3GPP has defined a two-stage scheduling procedure for uplink transmissions in unlicensed cells. This two-stage scheduling procedure however can be further improved.
  • Non-limiting and exemplary embodiments provide improved methods and user equipments involved in scheduling uplink transmissions to be performed by the user equipments.
  • a user equipment for being scheduled with uplink radio resources.
  • At least one cell is configured for communication between the user equipment and a radio base station that is responsible for scheduling uplink radio resources on the cell.
  • the user equipment comprises a receiver that receives from the radio base station a first-stage uplink resource scheduling message, indicating uplink radio resources usable by the user equipment to perform an uplink transmission via the scheduled cell.
  • the receiver further receives from the radio base station a second-stage uplink resource scheduling message, which is related to the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message.
  • the user equipment further comprises a processor that determines whether the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message is valid or not.
  • the processor determines, when receiving the second-stage uplink resource scheduling message, that an uplink transmission is scheduled in case the processor has determined that the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message is valid. Thereby, the determination if the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message is valid is based on a determination as to whether an uplink transmission has been triggered by another second-stage uplink resource scheduling message within a predetermined time period prior to reception of the second-stage uplink resource scheduling message.
  • the user equipment further comprises a transmitter that, in case the processor has determined that an uplink transmission is scheduled, performs an uplink transmission via the scheduled cell.
  • the cell can, for example, be an unlicensed cell in the context of 3GPP LTE Release 14, or another cell where two-stage scheduling is supported.
  • the techniques disclosed here feature a method for operating a user equipment for being scheduled with uplink radio resources.
  • At least one unlicensed cell is configured for communication between the user equipment and a radio base station that is responsible for scheduling uplink radio resources on the unlicensed cell.
  • the method comprises receiving from the radio base station a first-stage uplink resource scheduling message, indicating uplink radio resources usable by the user equipment to perform an uplink transmission via the unlicensed cell.
  • the method further comprises receiving from the radio base station a second-stage uplink resource scheduling message, which is related to the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message.
  • the method further comprises determining whether the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message is valid or not.
  • the method further comprises determining, when receiving the second-stage uplink resource scheduling message, that an uplink transmission is scheduled in case it has been determined that the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message is valid. Thereby, the determination if the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message is valid is based on a determination as to whether an uplink transmission has been triggered by another second-stage uplink resource scheduling message within a predetermined time period prior to reception of the second-stage uplink resource scheduling message.
  • the method further comprises performing an uplink transmission via the unlicensed cell, in case it has been determined that an uplink transmission is scheduled.
  • FIG. 1 shows an exemplary architecture of a 3GPP LTE system
  • FIG. 2 shows an exemplary downlink resource grid of a downlink slot of a subframe as defined for 3GPP LTE (Release 8/9),
  • FIG. 3 shows an exemplary uplink resource grid of an uplink slot of a subframe as defined for 3GPP LTE
  • FIG. 4 illustrates an exemplary LAA scenario with several licensed and unlicensed cells
  • FIG. 5 illustrates the transmission behavior for an LAA transmission
  • FIG. 6 illustrates the timing between a Wi-Fi transmission and LAA UE downlink burst for an unlicensed cell
  • FIG. 7 exemplarily illustrates the two-stage uplink scheduling procedure as provided for uplink transmissions via unlicensed cells
  • FIG. 8 illustrates multiple triggering of uplink transmissions in a multi-UE environment
  • FIG. 9 illustrates prevention of multiple triggering of uplink transmissions in a multi-UEs environment according to a first implementation of an embodiment
  • FIG. 10 is a diagram for a two-stage uplink transmission procedure according to the first implementation of the embodiment.
  • FIG. 11 illustrates prevention of multiple triggering of uplink transmissions in a multi-UEs environment according to a second implementation of the embodiment
  • FIG. 12 is a diagram for a two-stage uplink transmission procedure according to the second implementation of the embodiment.
  • a mobile station or mobile node or user terminal or user equipment is a physical entity within a communication network.
  • One node may have several functional entities.
  • a functional entity refers to a software or hardware module that implements and/or offers a predetermined set of functions to other functional entities of a node or the network.
  • Nodes may have one or more interfaces that attach the node to a communication facility or medium over which nodes can communicate.
  • a network entity may have a logical interface attaching the functional entity to a communication facility or medium over which it may communicate with other functional entities or correspondent nodes.
  • radio resources as used in the set of claims and in the application is to be broadly understood as referring to physical radio resources, such as time-frequency resources.
  • unlicensed cell or alternatively “unlicensed carrier” as used in the set of claims and in the application is to be understood broadly as a cell/carrier operated in an unlicensed frequency band, with a particular frequency bandwidth.
  • the term “licensed cell” or alternatively “licensed carrier” as used in the set of claims and in the application is to be understood broadly as a cell/carrier operated in a licensed frequency band, with a particular frequency bandwidth. Exemplarily, these terms are to be understood in the context of 3GPP as of Release 12/13 and the Licensed-Assisted Access Work Item.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates a UE that belongs to UE group #1, a UE that belongs to UE group #2, as well as an eNodeB.
  • Trigger A which is the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message, is transmitted from the eNodeB to the UE of group #1 at subframe n 2 .
  • the valid time window for Trigger A as sent to UE of group #1 is 5 subframes. Thereby, the information about the valid time window is provided by Trigger A itself.
  • Trigger B which is the second-stage uplink resource scheduling message, is transmitted from the eNodeB at subframe n.
  • Trigger B is received by both UEs of groups #1 and #2, although the eNodeB has transmitted Trigger B with the intention that same is the second-stage uplink resource scheduling message for the already transmitted Trigger A (as the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message) to UE of group #1 at subframe n ⁇ 2.
  • Trigger A as the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message
  • Trigger B Upon reception of Trigger B, all UEs that are able to receive the Trigger B—which generally includes UEs from group #1 as well as from group #2—need to check whether they had received a Trigger A within the corresponding valid time window. Therefore, in this example, the UE of group #1 checks as to whether it has received a Trigger A up to 5 subframes earlier (in this case, from subframe n ⁇ 5 to subframe n ⁇ 1). As Trigger A has been received in subframe n ⁇ 2, which is within the valid time window, the UE of group #1 will subsequently trigger an uplink transmission.
  • Trigger B received at subframe n will not trigger an uplink transmission by UE of group #2.
  • UE of group #2 receives a Trigger A at subframe n+1.
  • the valid time window for Trigger A as sent to UE of group #2 is 3 subframes.
  • a second Trigger B is transmitted from the eNodeB (at subframe n+3). The second Trigger B is again received by both UEs of groups #1 and #2, although the eNodeB has transmitted the second Trigger B with the intention that same is the second-stage uplink resource scheduling message for the Trigger A (as the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message) transmitted to the UE of group #2 at subframe n+1.
  • Trigger B Upon reception of Trigger B, UE of group #2 checks as to whether it has received a Trigger A up to 3 subframes earlier (in this case, from subframe n to subframe n+2). As the corresponding Trigger A has been received in subframe n+1, which is within the valid time window, the UE of group #2 will subsequently trigger an uplink transmission.
  • UE of group #1 will again check as to whether it has received a Trigger A up to 5 subframes earlier (in this case, from subframe n ⁇ 2 to subframe n+2). Considering that UE of group #1 has received Trigger A at subframe n ⁇ 2, that is, still within the valid time window for that received Trigger A, the UE of group #1 will again trigger its second uplink transmission, although the second triggered uplink transmission was not intended by the eNodeB to be carried out by UE of group #1, but rather only by UE of group #2. According to this exemplary scenario as shown in FIG.
  • the following embodiments may be implemented in the 3GPP LTE-A (Rel. 12/13 and later) environment.
  • the various embodiments mainly allow for having an improved uplink transmission scheme.
  • Other functionality i.e., functionality not changed by the various embodiments
  • Other functionality i.e., functionality not changed by the various embodiments
  • a UE starts a two-stage uplink resource scheduling.
  • the resource scheduling is initiated by a first-stage uplink resource scheduling message (Trigger A) for an unlicensed cell, which is received by a receiver of the UE.
  • Trigger B a second-stage uplink resource scheduling message for the unlicensed cell is received by the receiver of the UE.
  • a processor of the UE determines whether the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message (Trigger A) is valid or not in a first-stage uplink resource scheduling message validation. Thereby, the determination of the validity of this first-stage uplink resource scheduling message (Trigger A) is based on a determination as to whether an uplink transmission has been triggered by another second-stage uplink resource scheduling message (Trigger B) within a predetermined time period prior to reception of the second-stage uplink resource scheduling message (Trigger B).
  • a transmitter of the UE performs an uplink transmission via the unlicensed cell.
  • This main principle of the disclosure as described above advantageously allows preventing of multiple uplink transmission triggering in a multi-UE environment. Since there is no risk for unintentionally triggering, by a Trigger B that was intended for a different UE, a second uplink transmission by that particular UE that has already previously triggered an uplink transmission within the valid time window, the eNodeB can directly transmit a new Trigger A to different UEs right after having sent a Trigger B, even within the predetermined time period/valid time window.
  • the user/cell throughput can be improved significantly.
  • the required Trigger A overhead can be reduced, since longer validity times as indicated by Trigger A, can be used more efficiently.
  • a false alarm of a second Trigger B after a correct first Trigger B within the validity time/valid time window does not cause a false PUSCH transmission. This advantageously avoids error cases due to false alarm Trigger B.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates a first implementation of the embodiment wherein multiple triggering of uplink transmissions in a multi-UEs environment is prevented.
  • FIG. 9 basically illustrates the situation as already described above in connection with FIG. 8 with respect to the reception of the triggers at the UEs of groups #1 and #2.
  • UE of group #1 receives a Trigger B at subframe n+3.
  • UE of group #1 checks as to whether another Trigger B has already triggered an uplink transmission in a predetermined time period prior to reception of the Trigger B as received at subframe n+3.
  • the predetermined time period is the valid time window as indicated in the Trigger A message.
  • UE of group #1 checks as to whether another Trigger B has triggered an uplink transmission within a time period of 5 subframes prior to subframe n+3.
  • UE of group #1 checks as to whether another Trigger B has triggered an uplink transmission between subframe n ⁇ 2 and n+2.
  • an uplink transmission has already been triggered by Trigger B received in subframe n.
  • the UE disregards Trigger A received at subframe n ⁇ 2 which would create the valid time window between subframe n ⁇ 2 and n+2 and which would enable Trigger B received at subframe n+3 to trigger another uplink transmission.
  • Trigger A which was received at subframe n ⁇ 2
  • Trigger B then avoids that Trigger B received at subframe n+3 would trigger an uplink transmission, since no valid time window then would be found prior to the reception of Trigger B at subframe n+3.
  • Trigger A in case of having found a previous uplink transmission triggered within the valid time window for such Trigger A means that Trigger A received at subframe n ⁇ 2 is “not considered” for Trigger B received at subframe n+3.
  • FIG. 10 is a diagram for a two-stage uplink transmission procedure according to the first implementation of the embodiment as already mentioned above in connection with FIG. 9 .
  • a UE (either one of UEs of groups #1 and #2) starts a two-stage uplink resource scheduling.
  • the resource scheduling is initiated by a first-stage uplink resource scheduling message for an unlicensed cell, which is received by the UE in step S 102 .
  • a second-stage uplink resource scheduling message is received by the UE for the unlicensed cell in step S 103 .
  • the first stage uplink resource scheduling message validation consists of step S 104 , wherein it is determined as to whether an uplink transmission has already been triggered by another second-stage uplink resource scheduling message with in time period T prior to reception of the second-stage uplink resource scheduling message.
  • the “time period T” corresponds to the “predetermined time period prior to reception of the second-stage uplink resource scheduling message” as reflected in the claims, as well as corresponds to the “valid time window” as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 .
  • step S 104 If it has been determined that another uplink transmission has already been carried out within time period T (“Yes” in step S 104 ), the process proceeds with step S 102 with the next cycle of waiting for a first-stage uplink resource scheduling message.
  • step S 104 If it is, however, determined in step S 104 that no other uplink transmission has been carried out within the time period T (“No” in step S 104 ), the process proceeds with step S 105 , which relates to determining that the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message is valid.
  • step S 106 As the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message is valid, the process proceeds with step S 106 , which relates to scheduling uplink transmission. Subsequently, in step S 107 , the uplink transmission is actually performed.
  • FIG. 11 illustrates a second implementation of the embodiment wherein multiple triggering of uplink transmissions in a multi-UEs environment is prevented.
  • the second implementation is an alternative to the first implementation, wherein, however, a multiple triggering of an uplink transmission by the same UE within the valid time window for Trigger A is avoided by invalidating Trigger A instead of merely disregarding Trigger A as described in the first implementation.
  • UE of group #1 can actively invalidate Trigger A (which has been received at subframe n ⁇ 2), upon receiving Trigger B at subframe n (invalidation can also be performed at subframe n+1 or n+2, but needs to be performed before interpreting/analyzing/considering the second Trigger B at subframe n+3).
  • the second Trigger B as received at subframe n+3 is not able to trigger an uplink transmission at the UE of group #1, since there is no valid time window for Trigger A anymore.
  • the second implementation of the embodiment actively disables/invalidates Trigger A upon the reception of the first Trigger B (or at least prior to the reception of the next Trigger B), which has already triggered an uplink transmission.
  • the second implementation of the embodiment actively disables/invalidates Trigger A upon the reception of the first Trigger B (or at least prior to the reception of the next Trigger B), which has already triggered an uplink transmission.
  • the second implementation of the embodiment generally differs from the first implementation (according to FIGS. 9 and 10 ) by invalidating Trigger A (removing the valid time window for Trigger A) upon an uplink transmission having been triggered by the Trigger B, instead of merely disregarding Trigger A (disregarding the valid time window for Trigger A) upon reception of a second Trigger B, as shown in FIG. 9 .
  • Actively “invalidating/disabling Trigger A” may, for instance, be implemented by toggling a specific bit in a field that is associated with invalidating/disabling of the first stage uplink transmission resource scheduling message Trigger A.
  • FIG. 12 is a diagram for a two-stage uplink transmission procedure according to the second implementation of the embodiment as already mentioned above in connection with FIG. 11 .
  • a UE (either one of UEs of groups #1 and #2) starts a two-stage uplink resource scheduling.
  • the resource scheduling is initiated by a first-stage uplink resource scheduling message for an unlicensed cell, which is received by the UE in step S 102 .
  • a second-stage uplink resource scheduling message is received by the UE for the unlicensed cell in step S 103 .
  • the first stage uplink resource scheduling message validation consists of step S 108 , wherein it is determined as to whether the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message has been invalidated. If it is determined that the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message has been invalidated (“Yes” in step S 108 ), the process proceeds with step S 102 with the next cycle of waiting for a first-stage uplink resource scheduling message or to step S 103 waiting for a second-stage uplink resource scheduling message.
  • step S 108 If it is determined in step S 108 that the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message has not been invalidated (“No” in step S 108 ), the process proceeds with step S 105 , which relates to determining that the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message is valid. Subsequently, as the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message is valid, the process proceeds with step S 106 , which relates to scheduling uplink transmission. Subsequently, in step S 107 , the uplink transmission is actually performed. Thereafter, the process proceeds with step S 109 , which relates to invalidating the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message. Subsequently, the process proceeds with step S 102 with the next cycle of waiting for a first-stage uplink resource scheduling message or to step S 103 waiting for a second-stage uplink resource scheduling message.
  • step S 109 Should, for instance, a second-stage uplink resource scheduling message be received after the invalidation of the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message (in step S 109 ), the process proceeds from step S 103 to step S 108 .
  • step S 108 it is determined that the first-stage uplink resource scheduling message is invalid so that the process again proceeds to step S 102 or step S 103 , without performing an uplink transmission.
  • This procedure as described above reflects the specific behavior as illustrated in FIG. 11 , where the second Trigger B at subframe n+3 does not initiate a further uplink transmission, since Trigger A has already been invalidated upon the first Trigger B has triggered the uplink transmission.
  • a two-stage uplink radio resource scheduling is described for a cell of a communication system. It is to be noted that such the two-stage uplink radio resource scheduling is not only possible for unlicensed or licensed cells, but also for any cells that support a two-stage uplink radio resource scheduling.
  • a user terminal mobile terminal
  • an eNodeB base station
  • the user terminal and base station is adapted to perform the methods described herein, including corresponding entities to participate appropriately in the methods, such as receiver, transmitter, processors.
  • a computing device or processor may for example be general purpose processors, digital signal processors (DSP), application specific integrated circuits (ASIC), field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, etc.
  • DSP digital signal processors
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuits
  • FPGA field programmable gate arrays
  • the various embodiments may also be performed or embodied by a combination of these devices.
  • each functional block used in the description of each embodiment described above can be realized by an LSI as an integrated circuit. They may be individually formed as chips, or one chip may be formed so as to include a part or all of the functional blocks. They may include a data input and output coupled thereto.
  • the LSI here may be referred to as an IC, a system LSI, a super LSI, or an ultra LSI depending on a difference in the degree of integration.
  • the technique of implementing an integrated circuit is not limited to the LSI and may be realized by using a dedicated circuit or a general-purpose processor.
  • a FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
  • a reconfigurable processor in which the connections and the settings of circuits cells disposed inside the LSI can be reconfigured may be used.
  • the various embodiments may also be implemented by means of software modules, which are executed by a processor or directly in hardware. Also a combination of software modules and a hardware implementation may be possible.
  • the software modules may be stored on any kind of computer readable storage media, for example RAM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash memory, registers, hard disks, CD-ROM, DVD, etc. It should be further noted that the individual features of the different embodiments may individually or in arbitrary combination be subject matter to another embodiment.

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